Method and apparatus for making wire-glass.



R. A. B. WALSH. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOB. MAKING WIRE GLASS.l APPLICATION FLED DEU. 2, 1907.

940,843.- Patented Nov, 23, 1999.

sonner a; B. WALSH, or sr. LOUIS, Missoimi.

'iris erica f Iifisiiioi) Aim APrAeArUs ron MAKING Winn-GLASS;

o all ,whom t'tmoy concern.' v

Be it known that Roisiiii'r A. B. WALSH, :i citizen 'of vthe United States, residii'ig at is'. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Methods and Apparatus t'or'Making `s/Vilrej-IGrlass, of which the following is a fiill, `clear, and

filled in the -aittojvhich itiappertains to keaiid use the siinie,"reference being` had i the accompanying drawings, forming part oi; this specification, in whichq y Figure Alis a side elevation of sin-apparatus for practicing my methodyandig.

ici-ming e ysheet oit wire glass from thi-ee.

ecpziizite isyers with` a 'piece or' Wire mesh arrangedbet-Weeny the bottom layer and the second layer, said layers .being welded together while they are iii aheated condition so as to produce asingle sheet. Preferably, 'the first lliiyeor bottom layer formed from one mass of molten glass and the second and third ieyeis :ire toi-med from .s 'separate mess of molten glass', the'wiie mesh being covered by the second layer simultaneoiisiy with the operation of forming said iayer. instead oi" forming the ond and third myers from e singlebatch. or muss ot' glass can use a separate batch of dass to torni cech of said layers so that 'i do not vwish it to be understood that my method is limited to the idea of forming the second und third iayers from single mass otgliiss. Y

Referring to the drawings Which A,illusti'zite one form of apparatus for practicing my method, l designates a table above which a. smootliesurfzice roller 2 is arranged, said ,roller being,r adapted to he raised or elevated for se hereinafter described. A roiier .3 is aiso arranged id roller i i addition to 'seing edjustelie i in so constructed that it exact .descriiit-ion, such 'as will enable others l ,-4 is a' View similar to Fig. l ,but showingy .c spessi-enemieswenn Patenten Nov. es, moa; Appiicaiipn sied December 2,1907. serial No. $114,851.

can be shifted from one position int another, the roller being herein shown as cari1 ried by pivotally` mounted arms e., i

To form asheet of Wire glass with an paratus of this description I first dump ,a batch -or mass 5 of molten glass ontor the table-andthen move the-table in the direc tion Vof the arrow a in Fig. `1,*tlie roller@ spreading the mass of glass 5 over-the table to torina bottom layer 6. TVihe'n the endof this 'layer 6 has rrved at a point adja-,w

centthe roller' 3 a second mass i of molten glass is dumped onto said layer` so thatffhe' 5,

relier 3 will spread a portion of saidmass over the bottom layer to form a second li'yer 8. The end ot'- a piece 'of wire niesh,l9 1s placed on the bottonrlayer y(S prior-| to the operation of dumping the mass of glass?? onto said layer so that said mesh willbe covered byl the seco-nd layer 8 at-the saine time said layer is being formed.l After the and second layers have been formed,

the roller 2 iselevated, as shown in fuit lines Q' in Fig. 2, and the Wire mesh -isseif'leiedl The v roller 3 is then swung;r over onto the oppo. site sideot the mass of molten glass T, al stop l#contacting with one of the arms sito,

determine theposition of s aidv roller, and'`` the table-1 is then moved in the opposite direction, as indicated bythe arrow I) in Fig. 2, so that the remain-ing portion of the mass 7 of glass will. be spread over the seci `ie lire mesi ias a eiigencv o c Q '1l w l l t d u t oiitraci and draw the glass iii which it is embedded and this produces an irregular oruneven surface on the second layer but this uneven surface iscovercd by the third layer or iin- -ishing layer so that the tinished product has smooth and brilliant surt'ces.

lf desired, the end of the wire mesh can 'ond layer to form a thin third layer. or tinbe placed underneath theroller 2, as shown in dotted lines in l, prior to the operation of dumping the mass of glass 5 onto the table so as to cause said roller to force the mesh into the bottom layer simultaneously. with the operation-bf forming `said layer.

Itris preferable, however, to introduce the wire mesh in the manner shown in full lines in said figure.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim as new and desire to seeure by Let` ters Patent is:

1. The method of making wire lass which consists in forming two layers o glass and arranging a piece of wire mesh between them, and thereafter covering one of said rlayers with a inishin layer of Glass' sub- ',stantially as describe b a 2. The method of making wire glass which consists informing a sheet of glass from two layers of glass an a piece of Wire mesh interposed between same, and thereafter covering one surface of said sheet with a finishlayer of glass; substantially as described.

he method of making wire glass which consists in forming a layer of glass, spreading a mass of molten 'glass over said layer to form a second layer and simultaneousl incor' orating a ieee of wire mesh in sai` secon layer, an thereafter covering the top surface of said la er with ay finishing layer of glass; substantially as described.

'i 4. The method of making wire glasswhich 'the remaining portion of said mass over thel l second layer to form a thirdy layer, and interposing a. piece of wire mesh between two of said layers; 'substantially as described.

6. The method of making a sheet of wire glass whichl consists informing a layer of glass, progressively arranging a .piece ofV 'w1-re mesh on the top face of said layerimd spreading a portion of a mass -of molten glass thereover to form a second layer, and

thereafter spreading the remainin portion of said mass of molten glass over the second layer to form a finishing layer; substantially as described. 'i 7. The method of making a sheet o fwire glass which consists in rolling a mass of molten glass into layer form, rolling a portion of a mass of molten glass over the to surface thereof to form a second layer an simultaneously incorporating a piece of wire .mesh in said secon Arolling the remaining portion of said mass layer, and thereafter in the reverse direction over the top surface of the second layer to form a finishing layera; substantially asdescribed.

8, An apparatus for forming ,a 'sheet of wire glass comprising means for forming a layer of glass, and lmeans for. spreading a" port-ion o a mass of molten glass over the' top face thereof to form a. second layer and simultaneously incorporate a. .piece of lwire vmesh therein, and thereafter spread the ri-.

maining portiofn of said mass over the vtop face of the second layer to form a finishing 'i layer; substantially as described. 9. An apparatus for forminga sheet of vwire glass comprising means for forminga layer of glass,.and means for progressively spreading-a portion of a mass-'of molten glass over the top face of saidlayer -toI formv .80 mesh between said layers, and thereafter a second layer and arrange a piece of wire spread the remaining 'portion of said mass' in the' opposite direction over the top face of the second layer -to form a 'finishing layer; 85 I substantially as' described.

10. The method of makin wire glass which consistsin forming a s eet of glass from one pour, progressively arranging a .piece of wire mesh on the top face of said sheet and then superimposing'thereon a'plurality of layers from'another pour.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aizr mysignature in the presence of two witnesses,

this twenty-sixth day of November 1907.

` ROBERT- A, B. WALSH.

Witnesses:

QFLR. C(')R1-z'\vALi.,'-'I

GEORGE BAKEW'ELL.. 

